farmerfalconer
CB750 New member
Hi folks, first post here.
I'm driving home to NC from Utah at the moment and I'm considering a spur of the moment purchase of a motorcycle in the Wichita KS area. I'd prefer to drive it home rather than trailer it.
The bike is a 1979 10th Anniversary Honda CB750. Here is a link to the ad for pics:
https://wichita.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1979-cb750/6560640511.html
The guy selling it says he has had it a little over a month and never ridden it. Claims he just tinkers with bikes for fun (as do many of us of course).
After I put a new battery in it (bought the battery in faith) it started up just fine without any hesitation. The body is in decent shape, not a ton of rust. Wiring harness looks mint. Gas tank look clean. BUT, it smoked pretty well when he first started it up (off jumper cables). Grey/white smoke. An hour later after installing the new battery we fired it up again. No smoke... But only for maybe 2 minutes and then it started smoking again.
He doesn't want me to test ride it unless I leave him with the money (which seems a bit uptight but oh well) so I had him run it around a bit for me. We added a touch of seafoam to the gas before hand and it started smoking even heavier.
So... What are everyone's thoughts?
Is this thing worth $850 (agreed upon price)?
Would you drive it to NC from Kansas if you had a support vehicle near by?
I'd plan to "cafe it up" a bit.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers,
Cody
I'm driving home to NC from Utah at the moment and I'm considering a spur of the moment purchase of a motorcycle in the Wichita KS area. I'd prefer to drive it home rather than trailer it.
The bike is a 1979 10th Anniversary Honda CB750. Here is a link to the ad for pics:
https://wichita.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1979-cb750/6560640511.html
The guy selling it says he has had it a little over a month and never ridden it. Claims he just tinkers with bikes for fun (as do many of us of course).
After I put a new battery in it (bought the battery in faith) it started up just fine without any hesitation. The body is in decent shape, not a ton of rust. Wiring harness looks mint. Gas tank look clean. BUT, it smoked pretty well when he first started it up (off jumper cables). Grey/white smoke. An hour later after installing the new battery we fired it up again. No smoke... But only for maybe 2 minutes and then it started smoking again.
He doesn't want me to test ride it unless I leave him with the money (which seems a bit uptight but oh well) so I had him run it around a bit for me. We added a touch of seafoam to the gas before hand and it started smoking even heavier.
So... What are everyone's thoughts?
Is this thing worth $850 (agreed upon price)?
Would you drive it to NC from Kansas if you had a support vehicle near by?
I'd plan to "cafe it up" a bit.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Cheers,
Cody